Bay Line Railroad

Bay Line Railroad
A Bay Line Railroad box car rolls through Fredericksburg, Virginia, on a CSX freight.
Overview
HeadquartersPanama City, Florida
Reporting markBAYL
LocaleFlorida Panhandle and southeastern Alabama
Dates of operation1994 (1994)–present
PredecessorAtlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Length182 miles (293 km)
Other
WebsiteOfficial website

The Bay Line Railroad (reporting mark BAYL) is one of several short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates between Panama City, Florida, and Dothan, Alabama, including a branch from Grimes to Abbeville, Alabama, reached via trackage rights on CSX's Dothan Subdivision between Dothan and Grimes. The line interchanges with the Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad (ex-CSX, exx-Louisville & Nashville Railroad) at Cottondale, Florida and Dothan, Alabama, and with the Hilton & Albany Railroad at Hilton, Georgia.

A wide variety of commodities is carried, including aggregates, brick, cement, chemicals, coal, food and feed products, forest products, metallic ores and minerals, steel, and scrap.